work stuff-up

I broke a pair of earrings at work today. I'm SO angry and myself and upset. They were these glass earrings, approx $100. They just slipped, and BAM.

I cut myself as well, slicing my thumb open on the glass, and I got blood everywhere.

Of course I had to tell my manager... she didn't seem that upset though, but I feel like a f#@kwit anyway.

The girls at work told me not to worry though, cause the retail price outweighs the cost price a lot, so they don't end up losing that much. Apparently they send the earrings back to the manufacturer?

I'm such a clumsy idiot sometimes.

night out

its early morning and i've had little sleep, but strangely enough I don't feel so tired that I need to take a nap. maybe this afternoon.

anyways, just wanted to blog about last night, which I feel should have been so much more fun than it was. for most of the night I was apologising to johanna and rena about the state of some of the clubs, and lack of overall atmosphere!

we started off at pontoon at cockle bay, and that was ok. a bit of an older crowd though, which I was surprised at. but basically yeah, it was not great (the drinks were $6.30 as well, which I thought was a bit pricey).

so soon after rena arrived we headed up to wallaby bar, which we thought might be a little more 'alive'. so we went upstairs and the bar was literally empty, so five seconds after we went in, we're like screw this! and we left.

I got an sms from joel asking us to join him in newtown, so we caught a bus up to marly bar on king st. we met up with joel and zara? and later soph joined us as well. johanna's feet we're beginning to kill by this stage cause she had worn heels. it was nice there, but again it was starting to drag a little, so we decided to go to the cross. joel and zara weren't too keen, so we left them at marly, and caught the bus up to the town hall. soph left us at that stage as well, and we caught a taxi to the cross.

anna called james we were going to meet him at empire, but it took a fair bit of walking around to find out exactly where empire was. finally we found it, $10 cover charge cause it was approx midnight by this stage, one female toilet downstairs and the drinks there were SO expensive $7.50 for the vodkas (!) lots of british tourists as well. when we got there, james left soon after cause he had to drive home, and he hadn't had anything to drink all night.

johanna got hit on by this sleazy guy, who looked thirty-ish. lol :) but he got the message and moved on.

joel and zara then joined us later at empire, but we knew the night had soured when we headed out to the dancefloor and discovered we weren't tipsy enough to dance, grrrr. the empire wasn't too bad, but I probably wouldn't go there again.

we left at approx 1:30am, so we could get home cause johanna had to wake up early the next morning. rena giving dodgy instructions to the taxi driver was a laugh, but they weren't so dodgy that she couldn't navigate her way home :)

I feel bad cause I wanted the night to be more 'alive' specially cause I was sorta taking rena and johanna out for their first time bar-hopping. but then again, the first time I went out sucked as well. It does get better, I promise :)

dinner @ thailand restaurant

gorgeous thai food, sitting on comfy cushions and candlelight ... it was so good to catch up with everyone again :) I love listening to what everyone's been up to (nightmare students-Kylie, crazy optom kids-Ying etc.) The food was spicy but i've been slowly increasing my spicyness tolerance much to the joy of Rena, so I coped ok. I quite liked the hokkien noodles, but I guess that's more of a Chinese dish than a Thai one.

One thing is that I didn't get to talk to everyone. Just the people on both sides of me and across the table. So, Kylie if you're reading this can we have a sleepover soon ... pllleeease?

I met up with Ying to go to the restaurant, but only cause I bumped into her and her friend eating in Centrepoint on my lunch break. They came and visited me later at work which was nice:) I'll be downstairs (ground floor) in accessories Tues-Sat this week. If you're around, visit me! We had coffee after work and caught up on everything - uni life, love triangles, work etc.

Yesterday in young ladies fashion wasn't too bad, cause the people I was working with we're pretty nice. However, I would not like to work in that dept permanently...

going out tonight to cockle bay. if anyone wants to come you're welcome :) Just remember, you'll have to organise your own transport home ...

getting excited about Big Day Out

All I ever do these days is eat, sleep, work and blog. Anyways ... as the title suggests, I'm SO glad that Soph & co. organised tix for Big Day Out. To all those who are coming, you're not dragging me away from:

The White Stripes

Franz Ferdinand

End of Fashion

The Presets

Artists I am interested in seeing perform:

Kings of Leon

Sleater-Kinney (really getting into their stuff lately)

Mylo

Kid Kenobi

Youth Group

Cut Copy

The Grates

I love Sarah Blasko ... but have seen her way too many times live ... so maybe that's one I can give a miss? The Strokes are playing at the Gaelic Club soon, and very limited tickets are being sold... I thought about trying, but if that means getting up at 2AM to camp outside Fish Records, i'll give that a miss.

Working in childrenswear today was awesome because there were hardly any customers and I just hung out with Maria all day, who was SO nice. I think I prefer jewellery though, cause literally for most of the shift, I was looking at my watch waiting for the time to pass.

first day of work at DJs

Unlike other first days (like my first day for Woolworths when I wanted to cry at the end) first day at DJs was pretty good. I still know absolutely nothing, but the people who I was working with (of who a lot have variations of the name 'Anna' - Anna, Anne, Anna) were absolutely lovely in helping me out.

I pulled an extra long shift today cause they asked me to stay back until close. I didn't really mind cause the work isn't too stressful, or physically challenging. We are supposed to go up and greet customers though - something that we HAVE to do.

Problems I had:
*Where are all the barcodes?!
*Which keys open what case?
*The printing thingy stuffed up.
*I have absolutely no clue where anything is
*Please, please help me.

Sales I made! (Not all listed, these are the big ones I remember):
*$160 watch - I got moved to jewellery after spending like 10 minutes in watches.
*$400 Dior sunglasses - these are absolutely GORGEOUS ... but a little out of my price range :)
*$400 worth of Armani jewellery. A mother bought it as a Christmas present for her daughter.
*$350 Prada sunglasses. A guy bought this for his girlfriend. I wish someone would buy me things like that ...
*$1170 - necklace and earring set.

It felt cool touching all that expensive stuff though ... knowing that never in a million years will I be able to spend that much money on jewellery, least of all sunglasses.

Hopefully childrenswear will be similarly enlightening. Ladies fashion is supposed to be really draining and I have an 8hr shift on Friday! The good thing that came out of today is that my manager promised me more shifts in accessories next week ... work, yay!

i have shifts!

I finally have shifts at DJs! So excited. They don't really need me in Information, but I've managed to pick up shifts in other departments so that's been excellent. This is so good because I've been out quite a bit, plan to go out heaps and I need the $$$.

EDIT: Picking up a late Thurs night shift as well 4pm-9pm. These shifts are just temporary though, so will change every week :)

So, next week I will be working:

Watches Saturday 11am-4pm

Childrenswear Monday 10am-5pm

Ladies Fashion Friday 10am-6pm

Ahhh ... money ... need it so badly. Plus it looks like a $520 package for driving lessons for 10 lessons, and two attempts at the test. Which I will need to pay myself.

Plus Christmas is coming up! Which besides the festivity and meaning of the season, means many many presents that need to be given.

went to cabana last night with anna, keya, steffy, mayuri, joel, james and daren. its a nice place, but last night it was packed to the rafters with post-HSC students. Cannot imagine what greenwood must have been like. Plus the drinks are SO expensive there ... like the vodkas are $5+, and we did shots (cocksucking cowboys) which were TWELVE DOLLARS each. I don't know if that's standard price, but it seems incredibly expensive for that tiny little glass. We ended up leaving cabana and went to chez caban (aka joel's place) to drink cheaply. steffy was so smashed it was incredibly funnnnny. when that girl parties, she parties like no other... and for some reason it was so much fun to dance around (just the 5 girls and Joel) like idiots to hardcore dance, whilst james and daren tried (unsuccessfully) to exploit joel's cable so they could watch porn.

afterwards, I was thinking ... no more going out for a while. this week has been pretty intense (by my standards). i'm looking for some moderation. but of course, I will be going out to dinner with high school friends which I am SO looking forward to. Exams, if they're not already over, will be soon, and then we can catch up on what's been going on for the last fourteen or so weeks of our lives!

map screening

... was utterly fantastic. Our actor Luke came to the screening, and got to see the rest of the films, which was fantastic. the films were really well done, and testament to all of MAP's hard work.

afterwards we went to the abercrombie, which, although I had my reservations about it before, will be looking to go there for purple sneakers with you guys. last night was pub trivia and we 'the coronas' won second place, a $20 bar voucher (!) ... and a skipping rope due to my supreme running abilities. we also managed to score mary's group's free jug of beer as well, for a price though ... I think some of us (not me) did pay her $6 or something for it.

... And this is unrelated, but how GOOD is Damien Rice's voice?! Just listening to 'O' right now.'Volcano' has got to be one of my absolute favourites.

it was SO much fun, and all of us got utterly smashed. I may ask for confirmation later on, but it might look as though a certain two girls kissed. The boys love it, but I don't get it. I had fun with repeatedly asking Lance, who was absolutely trashed "What's my name Lance?!", seeing as though we just made introductions. Leaving messages on Daren's voicemail was fun ... "Hello Daren, this is Sandra Sully calling to tell you today's news."

Ummm ... what else? I spilt beer all over my bag and skirt, but I thought Bonnie had done it. I even accused her, which made me look like even more of an idiot. I spent today morning washing my bag, and everything in it. The smell is SO disgusting.

The evidence is below.

it's day 3 of holidays ... and i'm already bored.

That's right I have nothing to do. I just went for a driving lesson this morning (if anyone could recommend a good reasonably-priced driving instructor please post with phone number), and am now wasting time on the internet. My plans for today include watching either 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High'or 'Dazed and Confused', both 70s/80s stoner movies (but classics). I rented a whole lotta movies from Civic yesterday, including season 3 of Blackadder, which i've already finished!

Yesterday I enrolled for both autumn and spring semesters 2006. It's all film, film, film, and its the first year I get to choose my subjects. I'm excited.

*Autumn Semester

Cinematic Cultures (Theory)

Film and Video Production (Professional)

Film and Video Drama (Elective)

*Spring Semester

Contemporary Cinema (Theory)

Documentary Production (Professional)

Media Arts, Research and Concept Development (Elective)

For these subjects the lectures and seminars go on for three hours! Probably because they'll want to show us a whole film. Ugh, and this will mean I will HAVE to go to lectures.

ALSO, the only way I can do cinematic cultures and film and video drama together in autumn is if I do the film and vid drama seminar from 6pm to 9pm at night on Tues!

What subjects are you guys doing next year?

Also, tonight will be exciting because we're holding the MAP2 screening! Our film on the big screen. If anyone wants to come, you're welcome, just give me a buzz beforehand.

holidays! (day one)

movies that you HAVE To see:
*thumbsucker - our tutor gave us free passes, and we only went because it was free, but it was actually pretty good.
*me, you and everyone else we know - it's rated R18+, but really its not very naughty or violent. Some strange behaviour does go on, but its hilarious ("The same poop. Forever.")

newtown dendy has become a favourite of mine just cause you have all these restaurants and shops open really late at night. i've decided that i'm not really into pubs though, some of them just look dirty. i like the trendy, loud music, young crowd type places ... i'm embarassed now to admit that i do go to greenwood, metro and all those up at nth sydney because i know all those are the just-turned-18 places with the slutty girls in minidresses with fake ids. also, I usually drink vodka and raspberry, so sue me. I do need better taste. so i'm looking to explore into the city, and I want someone to educate me, take me to cockle bay wharf or along george st. any takers?

one scary thing happened last night though. we went inside newtown hotel to catch a glimpse of the drag show that was going on. literally all the gay guys looked at us three girls and started to give us the 'you-don't-belong-here' stares. We left like two minutes later.

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new anti-terror laws

who else is slightly concerned about the sedition laws?

EDIT:
I think my comments have been slightly misinterpreted ... I don't have anything against the anti-terror laws (in fact I support them) it is the sedition clauses within them that I have a problem with, the ones that I feel are quite vague and prohibit anti-government speech. For example, journalists such as those who work for Green Left Weekly may be shut down, as well as some student press. I don't like the idea of a government who determines what should or should not be heard. (I was even reading an article about Turnbull and how he's actually committed 'seditious acts' by opposing Ruddock on these clauses ... which I actually find quite funny) We should also be smart enough to determine what information is valid anyways. Just my two cents :)

feeling lighter

Just came back from uni MINUS 10 library books, and two assessments.

Guess WHAT my tutor said today who teaches at both Sydney Uni and UTS ... UTS students are not only more 'savvy and creative' in projects and presentations (apparently you guys don't show films in your presentations or something), but we also DRESS BETTER. You know what? I'm inclined to agree.

One of the things i'm ashamed to admit now is that I used to have this HUGE thing for Linkin Park. What was I thinking?! Anyway, this reminded me ... and the animation is incredibly cute. Don't look at it if you are supposed to be doing work, like me.

Feeling the UTS pride right now.

getting there ...

Another update-y thing:
Due tomorrow!
*MIS 98% (couple more proof reads)
*CC2 80% (need to write supporting statement)

Due Friday:
*New Media 60% complete

I'm so scared that my tutor is going to think that my CC2 project is absolute shit.But it probably is. I wrote a short story for it, and made it into a website. It's very postmodern, with lots of epigraphs, footnotes, authorial intrusions or whatever. But I don't know, the writing is sorta lame, but the additional theory parts are ok. The topic was cyborgs, and I guess all futuristic-type stories are pretty lame anyway. Urgh. Just pass me!

just to distract you further from your studies

I haven't even handed in any of my assignments and I'm already thinking (a lot) about the holidays. This is so wrong. I need some sort of anti-procrastination restraint for my mind.

Holiday plans! (which most likely include you)

Get a driving instructor, get hours, get Ps.

Solid film watching. Civic Video beware!

Play a Playstation RPG like Final Fantasy. Which is a good number to start on? (Not 7, because I don’t have the memory card for PS1). Also I heard that Activision is releasing a Sims-like game called ‘The Movies’, in which you build your own movie studio and produce films. Cool.

Get involved in a film project (or two, or even Slice TV!)

Develop a short film script I’ve been toying with all semester.

Go to the dentist and ask about whether I have a wisdom teeth situation.

Go to BDO.

Go to the library for fiction. No more research!

Intense shopping.

Go somewhere ultra-funky to celebrate New Years. I want to stay out all night and crash at a hotel.

Donate more money to charity.

In general, go out.

Many, many dinners and sleepovers planned (in my head) with school friends!

Mayyybe go on a short holiday with uni friends – hopefully that happens, fingers crossed!

… and at the end of it all, I’ll have a $0 bank balance. Money well spent. I’m not sarcastic, seriously, the reason why I work is to have funds to do all this stuff!

essays and projects are driving me insane ...

A new update. Not that you care, I just want a record for when I look back, so I can see how i've paced myself :)

*C&M 90% completion - need to attach revised essay plan and one more proof read (due Monday)
*MIS 85% completion - a few more paragraphs, and several proof reads (due Wednesday)
*CC2 20% completion - in the process of writing (due Wednesday)
*MAP2 New Media 40% completion - all images, little text (due Friday)

I called DJs admin today to find out when i'm starting, and apparently I haven't been rostered on for this week or the next! What's going on?! I left a message on my sales manager's answering machine so hopefully she gets back to me soon.

... a strange ambience in Central tunnel

I was walking down Central tunnel today, and something felt very wrong. I didn't know what it was but it made me feel really strange, like something was missing. You know what was missing?

Buskers.

To tell the truth, I don't mind buskers. Good on them for trying to make a few bucks. But I really do wonder how much money they make? $20? You'd be better off doing a two hour shift in retail - although I wouldn't want to force that on anybody :)

Really cool buskers I've seen:
*The flute guy: This guy is everywhere, i've seen him Hurstville, Town Hall at 2am, Central tunnel. I wouldn't know much about flute playing (Johanna, Camille enlighten me?) but he sounds pretty good, and I give him extra points for the 2am stint.
*The beatbox guy: This guy spends SO much energy on beatboxing its incredible. I wonder how he does it everyday without dying.
*The blind lady: Her voice is AMAZING. I swear you can hear it from the other end of the tunnel, and its all clear and opera-like.
*This guy with a guitar who plays all the old school classics: "Sitting on the dock of the bay ...Watching the tide roll away ..." My parents always have the radio tuned to a golden oldies channel, so I recognise a lot of them - takes me back to my childhood :)

And, on an unrelated note, I've finished (mostly) C&M essay! Moving onto CC2 tomorrow . Who says you can't try to do five assignments in a week! (emphasis on 'try')

EDIT:
One more!
*saw an Asian guy playing the digeridoo in Central tunnel today. Top points!

Makybe wins!

As you probably know already, Makybe (greater than Phar Lap) Diva has won the Melbourne Cup! For the third time. Seriously, like Lee Freedman was saying, I don't think I'll ever live to see that again. I did have a bet on Makybe coming first (I had faith in her after the Cox Plate!), but it was a trifecta and i'm not getting any money cause my second and third picking were Eye Popper and Leica Falcon.

Mum's getting back some money she put on Xcellent, but Dad's not going to see the $20 he put on Railings again :) Not to be mean to Dad, but he's been pestering me with anti-Makybe talk for the past few days. So there!

Can I just say again, greatest racing horse EVER?!